Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO – Get Free Report) and Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
10.4% of Draganfly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Nutanix shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Nutanix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Draganfly and Nutanix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Draganfly | -243.20% | -71.81% | -58.36% |
| Nutanix | 8.43% | -32.17% | 7.60% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Draganfly | $4.79 million | 9.37 | -$10.13 million | ($1.85) | -4.47 |
| Nutanix | $2.62 billion | 4.84 | $188.37 million | $0.75 | 62.81 |
Nutanix has higher revenue and earnings than Draganfly. Draganfly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutanix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Draganfly and Nutanix, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Draganfly | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Nutanix | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2.68 |
Draganfly currently has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 89.44%. Nutanix has a consensus price target of $75.13, indicating a potential upside of 59.48%. Given Draganfly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Draganfly is more favorable than Nutanix.
Volatility & Risk
Draganfly has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutanix has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nutanix beats Draganfly on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Draganfly
Draganfly Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells cutting-edge unmanned and remote data collection and analysis platforms and systems in the United States and Canada. The company offers quadcopters, fixed-wing aircraft, ground-based robots, handheld controllers, and flight training, as well as software used for tracking, live streaming, and data collection. It also operates a health/telehealth platform that is a set of technologies that remotely detect various biometrics, such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. In addition, the company provides sanitary spraying services to indoor and outdoor public gathering spaces, including sport stadiums and fields, and custom engineering, training, consulting, flight, and geographic information systems data services. It serves public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.
About Nutanix
Nutanix, Inc. engages in the provision of a cloud platform leveraging web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design. It operates through the following geographic segments: United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Other Americas. The firm also provides software solutions and cloud services to customers’ enterprise infrastructure. The company was founded by Dheeraj Pandey, Ajeet Singh, and Mohit Aron in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
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